Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 88. (Read 184363 times)

PSG is actually no different from Monaco, Lille or Lyon before they were acquired by Nasser al Khelaifi in 2011, previously PSG was even a small team that was not better than Monaco but after the acquisition occurred PSG's finances improved and became the biggest club in Ligue 1 as seen today, financial strength is the main force that continues to be relied on by PSG today so it is very natural that they are too easy to dominating Ligue 1 all this time, but what confused me all this time,  is that why nothing other big investors are which interested to acquiring other teams in Ligue and I don't know what the reason is, but I think that in addition to succeeding in dominating Ligue 1, PSG may also has managed to enter French politics which prevents and makes  difficult way for other investors to invest in teams like Marseille,  lyon and also other rival teams from PSG so far, the thing that makes me inclined to think that Naseer Al Khelaifi also tends to dominate French politics is when President Macron intervened and blocked Mbappe move to Madrid previously, but to be honest it is just my view when I see the difficulty of the PSG  having a rival  team that can rise to match their financial strength so far.

Without large investors who are willing to invest in other teams in ligue 1, of course it is difficult for us to see an increase in competition that occurs in ligue 1, so we cannot deny that it will continue to benefit PSG in winning ligue 1 and qualifying for the champions league so far, but on the other hand PSG mentality will still be difficult to develop when they play in the champions league because the ligue 1 competition which is bad and too easy.

That's the reality in Ligue 1. so don't be surprised if the champion every season is PSG, even though there are clubs like Lille and Monaco who have competed with PSG. but still, PSG is a very rich team and there is quite a distance from other clubs. that's what makes the competition in Ligue 1 less interesting to me.

This season may not be much different. there are no strong competitors for PSG in Ligue 1, but hopefully there are and it will definitely make it more interesting for a competition. maybe it will also help PSG to develop with better competition. because competition in the league also helps them develop when they later face other strong clubs in the Champions League.

Because they have money, it's not fair for A class player to fight with C class player. If other teams have the same financial status, every teams will have a same chance to become a champion. Take a look with Serie A, there's no big gap from top 1 to top 3 teams, that's why either of them are become champion.

While PSG is like a combination of 3 teams in Ligue 1 lol.

 

Of course despite that mbappe left the club, it is normal for them to continue dominating the French league 1, personally I don't see French league 1 as a competitive league because PSG has been seen as the masters of that league, as much as I can remember PSG has been the superior of the league 1 for many years, although the likes of Monaco and Marseille has been trying but as it stands I don't see them competing with PSG in terms of France lague 1 for now, in this season, PSG has been able to win the 3 matches they have played so far with their 9 points bagged and they are sitting very strong in the first position of the league, marseile has played 3 matches with 2 win and 1 draw and this keeps them in the second position on the legaue table, followed by Nantes and Monaco who shares the same points with marseile, making Nantes and Monaco to occupy 3rd and 4th position respectively, having analysed this one will agree with me that we are not going to have a much difference from last season result this brings me to the conclusion that we should expect the usual thing to happen again at the end of this season.

I am sure Enrique has measured the strength of his opponent's team, he will anticipate every possibility that could happen. especially when PSG is attacking, there will be a lot of open space in the Paris Saint-Germain area. however, Enrique will not let Brest have many opportunities, by giving tight pressing. plus, PSG will dominate possession of the ball more. inevitably, Brest will do long balls. this is just my speculation and scenario, besides we don't know for sure the line-up of both teams during the match later. so far PSG and Brest have applied the same pattern, namely 4-3-3. it could be, Brest will choose a different pattern so that his team does not concede many goals. related to the players, in order for their performance to be more solid, it seems that Enrique will continue to play his main players as starters. however, it is very likely that they will not be played fully. talking about the match after this, PSG will host Girona at their home, I will not speculate for the match between these two teams to compete in the Champions League. even so, PSG is more favored than one of the representatives from the Spanish League.

The way PSG have been performing in the local league tournament and with the squad they still have, they can win the title by a big margin. I mean, at the end of the season, PSG's points gap with the team that will be PSG's closest rival will be much higher. 

In the French league we have not seen or are yet to see a team that can compete with PSG. However, even if PSG is not concerned about doing well in the local league tournament, their main concern is the Champions League. But currently PSG management and PSG manager in the role they are in it seems they are not thinking about the Champions League tournament as they have not bought any player so far or strong position on buying any player. The transfer market may be closed in a short time and no team will be able to buy any player even if they want to. 
If PSG is thinking about the Champions League then they must add quality players to their club.

It seems that PSG is completely satisfied with the results under Enrique, as they are going to extend his contract. And I agree with this, I think that the key factors were the good results of the team despite the fact that PSG were left without their usual leaders in attack, but at the same time they began to play even better than they did with Mbappe. It seems that Nasser Al-Khelaifi completely trusts Enrique, although he said this earlier, but the extension of the contract shows better than many words that he is appreciated in the team.

Lens proved that they are still the same as before and in their last 3 matches they have recorded 2 wins and 1 draw. I think a draw against Monaco is normal, especially since both teams are at almost the same level. Furthermore, Lens must continue this positive trend and their next opponent will be Lyon.

We know that Lyon is still implementing the same concept as last season, but they have only recently won their first match after losing the previous two matches. This will be a challenge for Lyon whether they can maintain this victory or lose again to the host Lens. I think if we refer to H2H, it is clear that Lens will win, but even that will not guarantee comfort considering Lyon is a little motivated. This week we will see many teams shifting each other considering the very small points difference.

You are right. PSG looks very strong this season. And this is possible because the bonding between PSG's players is very strong. PSG players are able to perform well due to strong bonding. PSG's performance has improved with the help of Luis Enrique.

PSG's squad currently lacks any big-name star players. Many of us thought that we would see a decline in PSG's performance after Mbappe left PSG. But PSG's young players are able to perform well.

Barcola, Dembele, Kolo Muani and Lee Kang-in are able to perform well in every match. Bradley Barcola managed to score 4 goals in 3 matches. As the understanding between the players is very good. This is why PSG's performance is expected to remain stable this season.

Looking at PSG's performance this season, it seems that no club has been able to break PSG's dominance in League 1, even after Mbappe left, PSG is still the strongest in League 1. I don't see any club in League 1 being able to make it difficult, even though it's Marseille that many people are talking about, which might give a surprise this season, but my feeling says that Marseille will not be able to last long in the competition to beat PSG even though they have recruited many players, but the squad that PSG has is much better, I think Marseille has the opportunity to try hard to be under PSG and get a ticket to play in the Champions League next season.

One of the reasons why PSG have struggled to win the Champions League is because they rely too much on one player as the force that will bring them success. Mbappe cannot give anything or achieve an individual career if he is not helped by other players and having three star players in the team also does not give satisfactory results when they play in the Champions League. Luis Enrique's presence makes a difference as he tries to improve the quality of the players to play collectively so that they are much stronger.

Losing a player like Mbappe does affect the front line a bit, but the coach can try to play other players to fill the void. Luis Enrique's task is indeed very difficult because he has to bring PSG to success in the Champions League and for the competition in Ligue 1, I think PSG will continue to dominate other teams.

There is nothing surprising about this team starting off the season on a very good note, they’ve always started it in this manner and the exemption of their top player from the team will not add much effect on them because they will always be the best team for now since their performance shows that over and over again. The team that will give PSG a tough time is still not yet to be known, all other teams are just mediocre to them and always prevail against them when they meet. PSG still has quality players and with the quality of their players, no any other team in the Ligue 1 can stand them, so ultimately it means they are still going to be the winner of the league title this season. Football happens, but in this case, I don’t think any miracle will happen that will make another team win and replacing PSG on the side of the league title after so many years will be commendable.

Brest's defense line was quite bad at the beginning of this season because in 3 matches they have conceded 7 goals. Their first match also went quite badly because Brest was humiliated by Marseille with a final score of 1-5. Teams with less strong finances do find it quite difficult to fix their squad in the transfer market like Brest experienced, but they still have a lot of time and they must be able to try to improve the quality of their game in the upcoming matches.

Of course this season's journey will be more difficult for Brest if they are unable to improve their performance, especially in the champions league, of course there are many strong teams that will be their opponents. Ludovic Ajorque is of course the hope of Brest fans to see his good performance in the front line, he was brought in from Mainz this season, of course he must be able to bring many changes to bring Brest to the best position in the standings.

For Brest in the last season, they have also actually experienced a decline in performance towards the end of the season and the changes made are also hampered to improve that this season because of their financial condition which is a bit complicated to force so in this case it will be very difficult to make a stable condition with a makeshift squad for them.

Indeed, it can still happen and the evidence last season they performed solidly but this will not be possible in every season with the condition of their club which is indeed lacking in resource problems.

My hope for Brest is that they don't get too immersed in some of the competitions they do because it could make the situation worse considering that this season is the first debutant in the Champions League and usually for relatively smaller clubs it is difficult to make a good rotation which ultimately leads to a decline in performance in every competition they do.

That is true, they are looking great and I believe that they are going to get even better as well, we shouldn't really consider this as a big deal, it is something that we can't really consider as a problem at all. We need to focus on making sure that we deal with something without much issues. It's true that we can't really see any other team beating PSG this season, I am sure that it will happen eventually, but I think it's not going to be that much of a big deal at all, it's going to be normal that they end up losing eventually.

We need to remember that this is going to be PSG getting a title without Mbappe since long time, and because of that I think it's going to be valued even higher than the titles they won in the recent years as well. They look great so far and they do not have any weakness at any spot so far, which is why I think it should not be that much of a big deal, we could make it work somehow and we could make some profit from it without much trouble.

Mbappe was the backbone of PSG and we thought the club would lose its grip on the French league after he left. But the team is now more coordinated and not built around an individual. But the real test of their quality will be in the UEFA Champions League when they battle top clubs. The current league style has even made the Champion League more difficult to win. But we will wait to see how Luis Enrique will be able to break the jinx this season. The main test is not a game against Brest but Girona. Brest have won just a game and lost two. I am predicting an easy win for PSG.

Of course PSG is a good squad, but Marseille also has its cards to play. Lots of points lost so far but who knows, maybe they'll keep PSG tight. Every team loses points, even PSG could get kicked out of the gate. Marseille must stay focused on itself and look forward. PSG will lose points, especially with this Champions League coming up. Marseille must exploit this opportunity and latch onto them. PSG wants to win the Champions League at all costs, so the title may ultimately be uncertain. We have to wait and see how all this mess ends up.

Yes PSG start this season is amazing, their goal scoring record after 3 matches is surprising because when their star player left most people think they would fine it difficult this season but their performance has really beaten my expectations and no doubt they are not looking like a team that is ready to drop points now not even against a team like Brest.

The performance of PSG in the previous matches is evidence that they will win in their next game and they stand a better chance of donating the league this season because they still have the best squad in the Ligue1 currently, I expect to see PSG scoring up to 3 goals in the game.

The players are stepping up in proving that they didn't need Mbappe to win the league and also to compete very well in the champions league. The team are now playing more of a team football and not when they'll be depending on Mbappe to carry the team always. The league isn't going to be a problem for PSG, I don't see any team that I can beat them to it but in the champion league is where they might encounter some difficulties because the format has changed and they'll have to play more games to qualify for the next stage. PSG is playing Brest next and it is going to be an easy win because Brest has not won PSG in recent times and PSG are in great form too.

PSG started the league much better than I expected. The team's biggest star player left the team, but there was no decrease in their performance and they can continue to win matches in the league. They will win the next match as well, I do not think they will lose any points. It looks like they will be able to dominate the league this year too